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Carnegie Hall 2026-27 Review: Opening Night Gala, Featuring Berlin Philharmonic & Jonas Kaufmann

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(Credit: Rob Davidson) Carnegie Hall opened its 2026-27 season with a performance headlined by the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko. The concert, which ran approximately 75 minutes was dedicated to Italian music with opera alternating with two Respighi classics. Petrenko opened the concert with the famed overture from “La Forza del Destino,” the potent, borderline overwhelming opening chords, setting the {…}
News, Streaming

Berlin Philharmonic to Broadcast Jonas Kaufmann’s Waldbühne Concert

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On June 27, Jonas Kaufmann is set to perform at the Waldbühne alongside the Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenk in a program titled “Viva Italia.” The program will see the star tenor perform music by Ruggero Leoncavallo, Licinio Refice, Francesco Cilea, and Umberto Giordano. There will also be excerpts from Ottorino Respighi, Giuseppe Verdi, and Pietro Mascagni. The concert will be streamed and broadcast {…}
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Berlin Philharmonic to Visit Sweden for First Time in Over 30 Years

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(Photo credit: Chris Christodoulou) The Berlin Philharmonic will perform at the Gothenburg Concert Hall on May 2, 2027. This is the first time the orchestra appears in the Swedish city in more than three decades. The concert will open the ensemble’s Nordic tour, which will continue with stops in Stockholm, Aarhus, and Copenhagen. Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko will lead the {…}
News, Season Announcement

Jonas Kaufmann, Lise Davidsen, Sabine Devieilhe, Jonathan Tetelman, Huw Montague Rendall & Golda Schultz Lead Berlin Philharmonic’s 2026-27 Season

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The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. MainStage Nicholas Collon conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in György Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre” with Sarah Aristidou, Heidi Melton, Andrew Watts, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Leigh Melrose, Karl Huml, Kathrin Lorenzen, and Jingjing Xu. Performance Date: August 28, 2026 Kent Nagano conducts the WDR Sinfonieorchester {…}
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Benjamin Bernheim Headlines Berlin Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve Concert

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Benjamin Bernheim will join the Berlin Philharmonic and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko for its annual New Year’s concert. The tenor will perform aria from Bizet’s “Carmen,” Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” Massenet’s “Werther,” and Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette.” The evening will also include Tchaikovsky’s “Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliette” and as music by Bizet, Chabrier, and Gershwin. The concert, which will be performed {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Berlin Philharmonic 2025 Review: Das Lied von der Erde

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  Mahler creates worlds. Each brings a musical feast. “Das Lied von der Erde” (The Song of the Earth), performed at the Berlin Philharmonic under Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo brought us another one. The “superstitious” Mahler did not want to label this work the Ninth, since both Beethoven and Schubert died after writing theirs, so he called it a symphony {…}
News, Season Announcement

Jonas Kaufmann, Benjamin Bernheim, Joyce DiDonato, Golda Schultz, Liv Redpath & Christian Gerhaher Lead Berlin Philharmonic’s 2025-26 Season

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The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under Karina Canellakis takes on the works of Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Robin de Raaff, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Liv Redpath and Netherlands Radio Choir are also featured. Performance Date: August 31, 2025 The Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, and Philippe {…}
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Fatma Said, Benjamin Bruns, Jonathan Tetelman & Eleonora Buratto Lead Berlin Philharmonic’s 2024-25 Season

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The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Jonathan Nott conducts pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the Ernst Senff Chor Berlin choir in works by Missy Mazzoli, Peter Eötvös, and Charles Ives. Performance Dates: Sept. 7 & 8, 2024 Jakub Józef Orliński is joined by Aleksander Dębicz, Wojciech Gumiński, Marcin Ułanowski, and Mateusz {…}
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Berlin Philharmonic Announces Cast Change for ‘Erwartung’

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The Berlin Philharmonic has announced a cast change for its performance of “Erwartung.” The orchestra said, “for personal reasons, soprano Tamara Wilson has regrettably been obliged to cancel her participation in the concerts on 18, 19 and 20 April under the direction of Eun Sun Kim. Ausrine Stundyte will take over the soprane role in Arnold Schoenberg’s monodrama ‘Erwartung.’” The {…}

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